Saudi Coalition Targets UAE Arms Shipments—Are They Confused Who the 'Bad Guys' Are?
The Saudi-led coalition, for years armed to the teeth by Western nations—including some $28.4 billion in U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia just since 2015 (Source: SIPRI, U.S. GAO) —is now firing on UAE-supplied weapons in Yemen. This isn't peace breaking out; it's allies realizing their 'partners' are arming factions they'd rather bomb. Remember, both Saudi Arabia and the UAE were supposedly
fighting on the same side against the Houthi movement, yet the UAE has armed southern separatists, complicating an already horrific conflict. One might charitably call this 'friendly fire' if the results weren't so consistently catastrophic for Yemeni civilians. The same U.S. congressional members who greenlighted these arms sales to both nations (often after receiving generous defense industry
contributions, naturally) seem perpetually surprised when their weapons are used, not just in Yemen, but against each other. It appears the '$500 billion deal' for sophisticated weaponry didn't include a 'don't shoot your business partners' clause. How many more years of this strategic genius until someone realizes that arming every player in a regional conflict guarantees only one thing: more
conflict?